Regularly, the company strives to comply with
changing health regulations.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in the forward - looking statements include, among others, the following: our ability to successfully and profitably market our products and services; the acceptance of our products and services by patients and healthcare providers; our ability to meet demand for our products and services; the willingness of
health insurance companies and other payers to cover Cologuard and adequately reimburse us for our performance of the Cologuard test; the amount and nature of competition from other cancer screening and diagnostic products and services; the effects of the adoption, modification or repeal of any healthcare reform law, rule, order, interpretation or policy; the effects of
changes in pricing, coverage and reimbursement for our products and services, including without limitation as a result of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014; recommendations, guidelines and quality metrics issued by various organizations such as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the American Cancer Society, and the National Committee for Quality Assurance regarding cancer screening or our products and services; our ability to successfully develop new products and services; our success establishing and maintaining collaborative, licensing and supplier arrangements; our ability to maintain regulatory approvals and comply with applicable
regulations; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and our subsequently filed Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q.
Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other
health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government
regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or
regulations or
changes in existing laws or
regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.
These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local
regulation of our business including
health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster;
health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or
changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investments in fast - growing industries like the technology and
health care sectors (which have historically been volatile) could result in increased price fluctuation, especially over the short term, due to the rapid pace of product
change and development and
changes in government
regulation of companies emphasizing scientific or technological advancement or regulatory approval for new drugs and medical instruments.
Government
regulation and consumer eating habits may impact our business as a result of
changes in attitudes regarding diet and
health or new information regarding the
health effects of consuming our menu offerings.
The new
Regulations will not go include all the
changes wanted by
health campaigners — such as a ban on advertising and promotion of follow - on formulas — but it will be an important step in the right direction in the protection of infant and young child
health
deadline to be pushed back to align with the USDA's coming GMO disclosure
regulation — a measure that isn't likely to kick in for a few years (at least)... Gottlieb suggested during the hearing that he may be open to aligning the deadlines... You want to try to consolidate the label
changes when you're making label
changes as a matter of public
health, he said, adding that requiring companies to update their labels repeatedly is costly.
Although the new
regulations will not now be brought into line with the International Code and subsequent, relevant Resolutions of the World
Health Assembly, Baby Milk Action, IBFAN, the Baby Feeding Law Group, WHO and UNICEF and all our partners did manage to secure some important
changes during earlier consultation stages.
Theoretically, better
regulation of drugs pricing might increase the cost efficiency of the
health system, without
changing other aspects.
In this post I look at Trump's proposals for trade,
health care, financial
regulation and climate
change and conclude that his administration is likely to run into major obstacles in each of these areas.
Other provisions include an agreement to implement yet to be finalized
changes in employee
health care intended to save at least $ 3.4 billion, a loosening of
regulations intended to allow greater control by individual principals and teachers, an increase in parent / teacher interactions,
changes in teacher professional development and evaluations and an enhanced ability of the City to terminate teachers who behave inappropriately and teachers who are in the Absent Teacher Reserve.
«So the Department of
Health has authorized to
change the
regulation to comply with the statue, to date — they have not and this continues to leave children in danger and without treatment.»
«These interim final
regulations are necessary in order to provide rules that plan sponsors and issuers can use to determine which
changes they can make to the terms of the plan or
health insurance coverage while retaining their grandfather status»
Today the High Court ruled that
changes to Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
regulations introduced in March 2017 were «blatantly discriminatory» against people with mental
health conditions.
In May, NIH proposed several
changes to a 1995 Public
Health Service (PHS) conflicts of interest
regulation.
And many of the IG's recommendations appear in an HHS notice issued in July about possible
changes to the Public
Health Service conflicts of interest
regulation.
The key
change is the creation of a new
health research regulatory agency, known as the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), to streamline regulation and improve the cost effectiveness of clinical t
health research regulatory agency, known as the National Institute for
Health Research (NIHR), to streamline regulation and improve the cost effectiveness of clinical t
Health Research (NIHR), to streamline
regulation and improve the cost effectiveness of clinical trials.
«Epigenetic
changes in DNA
regulation in early nutrition could provide a causal link with long - term
health outcomes but need further investigation» said Lumey.
He said there are many mechanisms through which dietary
changes can be garnered, like through public awareness campaigns, food processing
regulations, portion size
changes and tax policy, but he hopes by linking the
health benefits to dietary
changes, the public might take notice.
Individual obstetricians and their professional organizations should protest the injustice, describe the
health and financial costs of the current consent process, and prevail on government
health care officials to
change the
regulations.
Beyond regaining voluntary movement, the research participants have displayed a myriad of improvements in their overall
health, including the increase of muscle mass and
regulation of their blood pressure, as well as reduced fatigue and transformational
changes to their sense of well - being.
The authors found that this «
health halo» encouraged overconsumption and underestimation of calories consumed, adding that the current study could lead to important
changes in advertising
regulations — for example, limiting how much information about its social programs a company may include on its food packaging.
Written by the blogger behind Feed Me Phoebe, this memoir follows Lapine through a year of experimenting with lifestyle
changes, devoting a month each to topics like green beauty, gut
health, fitness, stress, and hormonal
regulation, all along reporting on what works for her and what doesn't.
No one size fits all The landscape for
health and safety
regulations in the workplace has not vastly
changed for some time but the HSE's website is a good place to start if you need a reminder or guidance on what your school's requirements are for first aid at work.
In response to this situation, the Institute of Acoustics (IoA) has written a letter to Andrew Stunell, the minister responsible for the building
regulations, expressing the concern held by our profession on the effects of the proposed
changes, together with the implications for future generations of school children and students, and teacher's
health.
This action amends the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT)
regulations to incorporate
changes to the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) chain of custody and control form (CCF) recently approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
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Local agents who are members of the Trusted Choice network understand the upcoming
changes in
health insurance
regulation and can help explain the details.
An important
change introduced with the new
regulations is the requirement that any dog or cat sold must have been evaluated by a veterinarian, who must complete a certificate of
health for the animal.
While the tritium spikes don't represent a
health threat, I agree with Lochbaum on the need for significant
changes in oversight, which he characterizes this way below: «The N.R.C. should enforce its
regulations or
change its name to N.C.»
As scientists solidify the links between climate
change and
health issues like tropical ailments that infect Americans on the backs of whipping winds and warming ocean tides, top medical associations are becoming a high - profile lobbying force for climate
regulations.
``... several animal studies indicate serious
health risks associated with GM food consumption including infertility, immune dysregulation, accelerated aging, dysregulation of genes associated with cholesterol synthesis, insulin
regulation, cell signaling, and protein formation, and
changes in the liver, kidney, spleen and gastrointestinal system.»
Under the category «Regulatory and litigation risks» the 10 - K says specifically that «
changes in environmental
regulations or other laws that increase our cost of compliance or reduce or delay available business opportunities (including
changes in laws related to offshore drilling operations, water use, or hydraulic fracturing)» are a risk to the company's
health and wellbeing.
It's particularly important to account for all potential
health benefits realized thanks to implementation of a federal
regulation aimed at climate
change mitigation since
health co-benefits make up the majority share of near - term economic benefits caused by carbon pollution reduction.
We prepared a detailed document on how to revise noise enforcement
regulations, another on how the approval process must be
changed to protect
health, and we submitted a document to the World Health Organization which is preparing global noise regulations for wind tur
health, and we submitted a document to the World
Health Organization which is preparing global noise regulations for wind tur
Health Organization which is preparing global noise
regulations for wind turbines.
We are also looking at how research can be done to help
change the Ontario
regulations on noise — which are not based on current science and in fact, are completely inadequate to protect
health.
Moreover, just as was the case with cap and trade legislation, other issues, including immigration, gun control, income inequality, banking
regulation, and revisions to the
health care bill may take top legislative priority over climate
change.
A long time ago as some of the young bunnies reckon, Eli pointed out that the Obama administration was pursuing
health insurance globalization through legislation and given the heavy lift, was likely to go after climate
change issues via
regulation.
Kansas Teenager Pledges to Petition Department of
Health and Environment for Climate
Change Regulations After Court Tells Her to Go to Agency
For example, mitigation of climate
change or public -
health legislation threatens people who cherish unregulated free markets because it might entail
regulations of businesses (Heath & Gifford, 2006; Kahan, 2010; Lewandowsky, Gignac, & Oberauer, 2013; Rosenau, 2012); vaccinations threaten Libertarians» conceptions of parental autonomy (Kahan, Braman, Cohen, Gastil, & Slovic, 2010; Lewandowsky, Gignac, & Oberauer, 2013); and evolution challenges people's religious faiths (Rosenau, 2012).
See also::: Environment,
Health, and the Nanotechnology Age: An Interview with Professor George Whitesides,:: Report Links Nanotechnology to Fight Against Climate
Change,:: Green Nano: What you don't know...,:: The Electron, Nanotechnology, and Solar Power,:: NanoNanoNano,:: Berkeley California Drafts Nanotechnology
Regulations
On April 3, 2017
changes to British Columbia's OHS
Regulation related to joint
health and safety committees came into force.
On the
health care side, the biggest
change is that
regulations may bring NHS provision within the registration scheme.
MedicaidLaw - NC has tips for
health care providers to avoid recoupments and updates on
changes to Medicaid rules and
regulations.»
[Note: Please see our previous blog, dated April 1, 2015, which addressed the above - noted
changes to the Occupational
Health and Safety Awareness and Training
Regulation, which required «working at heights» training.]
These
changes, which will be made by way of amendments to the Natural
Health Products
Regulations, include:
In its proposed rule, SAMHSA states that while privacy concerns have not lessened, it believes that
changes to the
regulations are necessary to «better align them with advances in the U.S.
health care delivery system,» and ensure that patients receiving treatment for substance use disorders are able to participate and benefit from new integrated care models which promote
health care quality and reduce costs.
Ed assists physicians and hospitals with regulatory compliance, sanctions, and the continuous
changes in U.S.
health policy and
regulation.
Advising a corporate client on day - to - day employment issues arising with a 24 hour workforce to include advice on long term ill
health absences, the implementation of
changes to terms and conditions across the workforce, grievance and disciplinary issues arising, working time
regulations and holiday issues arising with shift and overtime workforce and all other day - to - day advisory requirements.